LUCKY FAN AND DRIVER HAVE CHANCE TO SHARE MILLION DOLLARS IN MCI PEP BOYS
MILLION DOLLAR DRIVER PEP BOYS INDY RACING LEAGUE CONTEST

INDIANAPOLIS, May 21, 1998 -- A lucky race fan and a Pep Boys Indy
Racing League driver will have the chance to split $1 million as part of a
nationwide promotion co-sponsored by MCI and Pep Boys.

The sweepstakes marks MCI joining the Pep Boys IRL family of sponsors, and
is one of the biggest racing prize payoffs during the 1998 season. The MCI
Pep Boys Million Dollar Driver sweepstakes will begin June 15; race fans
can
go to any of the 712 Pep Boys stores to enter, or may enter via the
internet
at www.mciracing.com or www.pepboys.com .

To enter, fans must pick the IRL driver they think will win all
three of the TNN-televised races: Charlotte, July 26; Atlanta, August
30; and Las Vegas, October 11. The fan who picks the driver who wins all
three races will be entered for a chance to share $1 million with the
winning driver. Fans who choose the driver who wins two of the three races
will have the opportunity to split $100,000 with the winning driver.

"This is a wonderful opportunity for our fans to cheer on their
favorite drivers, and to have a chance to win a great prize," said Tony
George, founder of the Pep Boys Indy Racing League and president and CEO
of
the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. "I commend Pep Boys and MCI for helping
to
build fan support and interest in the IRL, as well as TNN for their
enthusiastic support of our racing program."

Jim Freudenberg, general manager of MCI Racing, says this
promotion
is an appropriate introduction for MCI into the Pep Boys IRL series. "This
national promotion is a great opportunity for MCI to join with Pep Boys
and
the IRL and introduce MCI to IRL fans. And with half a million dollars on
the line you can bet on seeing some really fierce competition at those
three
TNN-televised races. After all, competition is what MCI is all about."

"Pep Boys applauds MCI's new sponsorship of the Pep Boys Indy
Racing
League and looks forward to a mutually rewarding relationship. This
inaugural cross promotion will span the entire race season and involve all
of Pep Boys' stores nationwide. Our expectations are to increase customer
traffic and awareness of the Pep Boys Indy Racing League as well as MCI
support," said Bob Billings, vice president of marketing and advertising
for
Pep Boys.

The promotion runs from June 15 through October 11.

The Pep Boys Indy Racing League is in its third full season of
open
wheel, oval track racing, based on the heritage of the Indianapolis 500
Mile
Race. There are 11 races in 1998 at some of the nation's top racing
venues,
including Phoenix, Orlando, Ft. Worth, Charlotte, Atlanta, Dover, Del.,
Colorado Springs, Loudon, N.H., Las Vegas and Indianapolis.

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is host to the Indianapolis 500
Mile
Race, which was first run in 1911. The Indianapolis 500 is the world's
largest attended single day sporting event. It also is the site of the
Brickyard 400, a NASCAR Winston Cup race, which is the world's second
largest attended single day sporting event. IMS also owns the Walt Disney
World Speedway on the grounds of the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World.
The Walt Disney World Speedway is the site of the annual Indy 200 at Walt
Disney World, next scheduled for Sunday, January 24, 1999. The mission of
the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is world leadership in motorsports
entertainment.

Pep Boys is the nation's leading automotive aftermarket
retail and service chain with 712 stores in 34 states, the District of
Columbia and Puerto Rico.

MCI now has sponsorships in all three of the world's premiere open
wheel racing series with today's announcement that MCI is the "Official
Long
Distance and Local Service Provider of the Pep Boys Indy Racing League and
the Indianapolis Motor Speedway." Last year MCI became the "Official
Communications Company of CART" and the "Official Long Distance Provider"
of
16 of 19 of its racing venues, as well as a primary sponsor of
Arciero-Wells
Racing and the No. 25 MCI Toyota driven by Max Papis. In December 1997,
MCI
announced a sponsorship with Stewart Grand Prix in the Formula One
series.

MCI, headquartered in Washington, D.C., is a leading provider of
local-to-global communications services to business, government and
residential users. The company's fast-growing portfolio of advanced data
and
IT services accounts for a quarter of MCI's approximately $20 billion in
annual revenue. MCI operates one of the world's largest and most advanced
digital networks, connecting local markets in the U.S. to hundreds of
locations worldwide. MCI has agreed to merge with WorldCom, one of the
world's fastest-growing communications companies. The merger, which is
expected to be completed in mid-1998, will create MCI WorldCom, a company
uniquely positioned in the U.S. local and long distance markets as well as
the global data and Internet markets.